Hardware manual
NETGEAR ReadyNAS 202 
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 ReadyNAS OS 6 Desktop Storage Systems
Status Information 
You can obtain information about the status of your storage system by reviewing the 
indicators listed in the following table.
Table 3. ReadyNAS 202 indicator descriptions
Indicator Description
Power button and LED Press this button to turn on the ReadyNAS. The LED has these states:
•  On. Powered on.
•  Blinking. Booting or shutting down.
•  Off. Powered of
f.
Disk LEDs (1, 2) Each drive bay has an LED associated with it on the front panel of the storage 
system. 
The disk LEDs have these states:
•  On. Power is on and the disk is operating normally
.
•  Blinking. 
The disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing. See the display 
screen for details.
•  Off. The 
drive bay is empty.
Disk activity LED The disk activity LED has these states:
•  Blinking. A 
disk is active.
•  Off. Disk is idling.
Rear panel Ethernet port 
LEDs
Two LED status indicators are built into each port, one off or green and one 
showing three states: of
f, amber, or green. They indicate port speed and activity as 
follows:
•  Green, green. 1000 Mbps connection speed, no activity
.
•  Green blinking, green. 1000 Mbps connection speed, activity
.
•  Green, amber. 100 Mbps connection speed, no activity
.
•  Green blinking, amber. 100 Mbps connection speed, activity
.
•  Green on, off. 10 Mbps connection speed, no activity
.
•  Green blinking, off. 10 Mbps connection speed, activity
.
•  Off, off. No connection.










